{"id":12706,"date":"2026-06-20T12:58:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/five-iita-developed-cowpea-varieties-released-in-swaziland\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:04:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:04:00","slug":"five-iita-developed-cowpea-varieties-released-in-swaziland","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/five-iita-developed-cowpea-varieties-released-in-swaziland\/","title":{"rendered":"Five IITA-developed cowpea varieties released in Swaziland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_106\" class=\"wp-caption alignright right\" style=\"width: 176px;\">\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bulletin.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/A-Swaziland-farmer-showing-part-of-his-harvest-of-cowpea-_1024_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-106\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-106\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/A-Swaziland-farmer-showing-part-of-his-harvest-of-cowpea-_1024_o-199x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/A-Swaziland-farmer-showing-part-of-his-harvest-of-cowpea-_1024_o-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/A-Swaziland-farmer-showing-part-of-his-harvest-of-cowpea-_1024_o-450x680.jpg 450w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/A-Swaziland-farmer-showing-part-of-his-harvest-of-cowpea-_1024_o.jpg 678w\" alt=\"Picture of A Swaziland farmer showing part of his harvest of cowpea (left) and soybean (right) to be used as seed in the coming planting season.\" width=\"176\" height=\"265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Swaziland farmer showing part of his harvest of cowpea (left) and soybean (right) to be used as seed in the coming planting season.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Government of Swaziland, through its\u00a0<u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.sz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minist\u00e8re de l'Agriculture<\/a><\/u>, has officially released five IITA-developed cowpea varieties, paving the way for their widespread adoption and use in farmers\u2019 fields. In its National Seeds Varieties List Notice of 2015, Swaziland\u2019s Ministry of Agriculture listed the following IITA cowpea varieties: IT-16, IT-18, IT-04K-321-2, IT-97K-390-2, and IT-99K-494-4.\n\n\u201cThe release of these IITA cowpea varieties in Swaziland is further testament to IITA\u2019s positive image and trust that governments and national institutions in the southern African region have of the Institute\u2019s leadership in the field of agricultural science and research,\u201d said\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/chikoye-david\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Chikoye<\/a><\/u>, IITA Regional Director for Southern Africa. The release of these five cowpea varieties comes at the heels of the release of two IITA-bred soybean varieties in Zambia just in October.\n\nCharacteristically, IT-16 has a yield potential of 1400 kg\/ha and takes about 90 days to mature. It is also tolerant of drought, leaf spot, and bacterial diseases, and has a reddish brown seed color. On the other hand, IT-18 could potentially yield 1510 kg\/ha. It matures in about 92 days, is also tolerant of drought, leaf spot, and bacterial diseases, and has a brown seed color.\n\nIT-04K-321-2 1460 takes about 94 days to mature, is tolerant of drought, leaf spot, and bacterial diseases, and has a white-colored seed with brown eye. Its yield potential is 1460 kg\/ha.\n\nIT-97K-390-2 could yield up to 1370 kg\/ha. It takes about 92 days to mature, is tolerant of drought and leaf spot and bacterial diseases, with a reddish brown seed color.\n\nIT-99K-494-4 has a yield potential of 1660 kg\/ha, matures in about 94 days, is tolerant of drought, leaf spot, and bacterial diseases, and with a brownish seed.\n\nAll the released IITA cowpea varieties have protein content above 25%. 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